Some 90,000 people have been displaced following the fall of El Fasher in Sudan's North Darfur - with another 50,000 fleeing violence in the Kordofans, according to the UN migration chief.
"When people are coming out of the area, they are reporting widespread violence, sexual abuse, civilians who are sometimes being shot on sight," said the Director General of the UN migration agency ( IOM ), Amy Pope, during a briefing on Wednesday.
Hiding from drones
"Many described leaving the area and seeing dead bodies along the way." She said she had met women and children who had been walking for days in some instances, "hiding from drones, carrying only their children."
The statements come amid intensified violence and spreading in Sudan, following the capture of regional capital El Fasher by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) last month from government troops, after more than 500 days of siege.
Ms. Pope said that the scale of need is "coinciding at a time when there have been unprecedented humanitarian cuts to humanitarian assistance around the world."
Less than 5,000 aid kits available
The IOM is providing shelter, basic dignity kits and cooking kits to those who need them most, but right now, the funding for that response is far below what is needed, Ms. Pope warned, at only eight per cent.
Fewer than 5,000 kits were available at a warehouse in Port Sudan, and 35 IOM tents are out for distribution.
